--- description: The singer looks like an alien dandelion in her new clip title: Watch Björk Dance Like an Alien Dandelion in Her New Video image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Björk Looks Like an Alien Dandelion in Her 'Lionsong' Video  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 3:26 PM CUT  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 12, 2015 3:26 PM CUT Björk’s visuals are always as provocative as her music, which is why the Icelandic icon gets a whole [MOMA retrospective](http://time.com/3731906/bjork-moma-retrospective/ "undefined") celebrating her work (even if said exhibit gets not-so-great reviews) — so anytime the singer adds another music video to her catalog, it’s a minor pop-culture event. In the new clip for “Lionsong,” from her most recentalbum _Vulnicura_, Bjork rocks the sexy alien dandelion costume she’s showed off in earlier photos, as well as some swinging-arm choreography that rivals any post-2007 [Britney](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tumblr%5Fmile64rwwt1r3ty02o1%5Fr1%5F500.gif "undefined") [Spears](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/tumblr%5Flz2fioqijt1r3ty02o1%5F500.gif "undefined") [routine.](http://time.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/workbitch-dancing.gif "undefined") But the beating heart of the video is, well, the depiction of her own beating heart — a fitting image for an album that critics have said is a [devastating](http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/01/bjorks-vulnicura-is-the-definition-of-devastating/384735/ "undefined") account of her recent breakup. “Björk’s character for ‘Lionsong’ had to be smooth like a spider waiting in her web and seductive like a Balinese dancer cast in bronze,” directors Inez & Vinoodh [told Noisey about the video](http://noisey.vice.com/en%5Fuk/read/video-premiere-bjork-lionsong?utm%5Fsource=noiseytwitteruk "undefined"). “She is seen as if under a microscope, baring her heart while luring us inside the bloody galaxy of her own wound.” _Read Next:_ [_Björk Is Your Tour Guide: An Exclusive TIME Interview for Her MOMA Retrospective_](http://time.com/3731906/bjork-moma-retrospective/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3742344/bjork-lionsong-vulnicura/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3742344/bjork-lionsong-vulnicura/"},"headline":"Björk Looks Like an Alien Dandelion in Her 'Lionsong' Video","datePublished":"2015-03-12T15:26:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:07:18.661Z","description":"\"Lionsong\" is from her latest album, Vulnicura","url":"https://time.com/3742344/bjork-lionsong-vulnicura/","keywords":["Music","Björk"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3742344/bjork-lionsong-vulnicura/","name":"Björk Looks Like an Alien Dandelion in Her 'Lionsong' Video"}}]}] ```